About Us

Valerie Senter-Williams

Val has over 30 years in the fitness business. She has owned her own fitness business for 20 years and her own Pilates studio for the last 6 years. She is certified as a Pilates group and personal instructor with such organizations as ACE, AFAA, SCW-EDU, Polestar Education, PowerHouse Pilates, and PhysicalMind Pilates Institute. She is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance. She also runs the Pilates by Val Instructor Academy P.V.I.A.

Leigh Willingham

Leigh is a Registered Dietician with a B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science, and works as a Nutrition Therapist with diabetic, cardiac, and kidney disease patients and is certified in adult weight management. She has been practicing Pilates for over two years with Pilates By Val, is a Mat Certified instructor and is a Pilates instructor through the Pilates By Val Instructor Academy. She is certified through Pilates Method Alliance.

Eudora Lankist

Eudora has been practicing Pilates for 5yrs. She is a qualified mat instructor, through the Pilates by Val mat certification course and is continuing her education thru the P.V.I.A. to become a comprehensive Pilates instructor. Eudora holds a BA in French from the University of Waterloo and a teaching certificate from Brock University. She works with a investment advisor firm in Pensacola and holds a Fl Insurance license, she has a certified building contractors license. Eudora is also an accomplished interior designer.

James Williams

is a graduate of the U.S. Army Physical Fit School as a Master Fitness Trainer. Jim graduated the special forces qualification course as a green beret, and attended the special operations medical sergeant school. He is currently in the army national guard with the 20th special forces group. He is certified as a personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise. He is certified as a Pilates instructor through PowerHouse Pilates, Physical Mind Pilates Institute and Pilates by Val Instructor Academy.

 

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Jessica Wade

Jessica has been a member of the Pilates Method Alliance since 2006.  She apprenticed with Lolita San Miguel after getting her certification through Body Evolution in Philadelphia, PA.  She trained with Jessica Sehested from the Kane School of Core Integration in NYC.  Jessica discovered Pilates at a young age through her ballet training with Olin Kearse.  She is an active volunteer in the theater community of Pensacola.